the team combined new measurements of solar neutrinos and data about the solar wind composition from NASA's Genesis mission, together with the abundance of water found in primitive meteorites that ...

"We were very surprised to see that the same tiny plasma jets appear to be driving both the fast and the slow solar wind." ...

The solar wind is matter that is blown from our sun, out into the whole solar system. This stream of material is coming out of the sun all the time – about a million tonnes per second.

New observations from Solar Orbiter confirm tiny plasma jets play a key role in both fast and slow solar wind.

The search for water on the Moon has captivated scientists for decades. Beyond its implications for understanding planetary science, lunar water could play a pivotal role in humanity’s ambitions to ...

Surging across the solar system from the sun, the solar wind carries charged particles that strike the planets, on Earth causing aurora, radio blackouts and, just occasionally, wreaking havoc with ...

The MPO will mostly study Mercury’s surface and composition while the MMO will ... Together the orbiters will simultaneously study how the solar wind affects both the planet's exosphere and ...